Robert Durst

Robert Alan Durst (April 12, 1943[2] – January 10, 2022) was an American real estate businessman, convicted murderer and possible serial killer.[3] He was the son of New York City mogul Seymour Durst, and the elder brother of Douglas Durst, head of the Durst Organization. His crime allegations and trial were covered in the HBO miniseries The Jinx.

Robert Durst
Durst in December 2021
BornRobert Alan Durst
(1943-04-12)April 12, 1943
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedJanuary 10, 2022(2022-01-10) (aged 78)
French Camp, California, U.S.
Conviction(s)First degree murder, tampering with evidence, bail jumping, illegally possessing a firearm, misdemeanor criminal mischief.
Penalty
  • Life imprisonment without parole (2021 conviction)[1]
  • Firearm charge 85 months (2016)
  • Tampering with evidence and bail jumping 60 months (2004)
Spouse
Kathie McCormack
(m. 1973⁠–⁠1990)

Debrah Charatan
(m. 2000)
ParentsSeymour Durst
Bernice Herstein

Criminal charges

Durst was suspected of foul play against three individuals in different states: Kathleen McCormack Durst, his first wife, who disappeared in New York in 1982; Susan Berman, his longtime friend, who was murdered in California in 2000; and his neighbor, Morris Black, who was killed in Texas in 2001.

Durst was the subject of a multi-state manhunt and was convicted of dismembering Black, but acquitted of his murder.

On March 14, 2015, Durst was arrested in New Orleans, Louisiana, on a first-degree murder warrant signed by a Los Angeles judge in relation to the Berman killing. On November 4, 2016, Durst was transferred to California and soon after was arraigned in Los Angeles on first-degree murder charges.[4]

On September 17, 2021, the jury convicted Durst of first degree murder in the death of Susan Berman.[5]

Death

On October 16, 2021, Durst tested positive for COVID-19 and was placed on a ventilator.[6][7] He died on January 10, 2022 from cardiac arrest at a medical center in French Camp, California at the age of 78.[8] His health got worse after getting COVID in October and he also had bladder cancer.[9]

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